Who are we?
We are a class of 28 year 6 and 7 students. In our class there are 15 boys and 11 girls.
We also have the best teacher - Mrs. Shaw.

Class News

12.08.08Last Friday, we had an exciting opening for the Olympics.
Everyone was cheering and yelling (well, only the good-looking ones.)
An awesome dance troup grooved up everyone and then a girl from Room 12 sang so softly and calmly and settled everyone down (not) but she wasn't that bad.
We were going to play some games but it unfortunately started to rain.
Bad luck!!!
Yesterday we started our rotation and I think everyone had heaps of fun.

29.07.08 Last Friday we had the Hamilton girls high school's choir and orchestra visit and sing and play us some songs.

23.07.08 This week we have Life Education and our topic is the Warrant of Fitness.

24.06.08 Today is the start of the auditions for the school production which is in term 3 the production is called Star Blaze.

19.06.08 Yesterday we wrote excuses with Miss Robb. Scroll down to Students Work to read some.

17.06.08 Today we are writting a creative story. Here is our starter:
A cold wind blew across my neck.
The tent flapped.
My feet were ice blocks.
Camping alone by the lake was not a good idea.
Just then, I heard a scream.
6.06.08Today is Briar Walker's birthday so happy birthday to Briar who just turned 11.
04.05.08 Check out these great photos from our camp at Tui Ridge.

27.05.08
A huge thank you to the parents that came on camp last week from the children of room 13 and Mrs. Shaw. We are writing camp post-thoughts. We are hoping they are all going to turn out well.
Tomorrow is interschool netball and rugby day. There is food for sale for the netball but we are not sure about rugby

13.05.08 We are getting prepared for camp as much as we can over the next few days we are busy making camp booklets

13.05.08
Today a New Zealand author called Phyllis Johnston came and shared some of her books with Rm13, rooms 11 and 14. She is the proud writer of My Marine, No One Went to Town , Dead Dan's Dee and many more. Dead Dan's Dee has made it in to the New Zealand book awards and the winner of the New Zealand book awards is being announced next Wednesday.

8.05.08 on Tuesday the 20th of May we are leaving for Tui Ridge.

07.04.08 Tomorrow is interschool touch day the games are held here at Awakeri School. There is food for sale.

26.03.08 As we are reading a Shared Novel called Restless Spirit written by Sussan Brocker. We did some prediciting about the end of one of the chapters in our novel. There are two below.

3.03.08
Last week we created dances they were really cool. The dances were based on the rock pools. Every move had to have a name.
For home learning r13 had to create their very own rockpool creatures. To see some photos of the cool creatures scroll down.

14.02.08 As we are studying the rocky shore, we are going on a field trip to Otarawairere to look at the creatures and to look at their habitat.
We are leaving in the morning on Monday 18th.

Students' Work
Here are some camp alliterations
Mitchell moved on his munted mountain bike while missing muddy Mrs. Merry.

Hamish honestly hated high ropes after having his hair done.

the boy went flying down the flying fox and forgot what he was going to do.
Daniel Reeves



Excuse writing
why my home learning is not complete:
Ihad just finished my home learning when my mum called me to come and set the table so i did.
Then my dad told my brother to get paper for the fire and he picked up my home learning and put it in the fire.
When i came out my home learning was gone then I ran over to the fire and saw a number it was.... my home learning it's a true story.
Jenifer Cram

Why the dog ate my home learning:
My dog ate my home learning and I didn't want to pick it up because it was covered in brown lumpy stuff.
"I think it was puke" here's a bit. Look it's yuck.
Kale Young

Why the goldfish is dead on the floor by the tank:
Because I took it out to give it c.p.r because it was drowning .
"How did you know it was drowning?" replied the teacher.
I said back, "It was bobbling up side down for ages."
Nathan Allerby

Today we wrote imaginary stories with Mrs. Geor with imaginary creatures and words here is one.
The mystericall beast
it all starrted when I was slowly walking in the freezing cold forest then suddenley!!
I heard a cracking sound freom the bushes right beside me.
i froze straight away i had no idea what this cracking sound was but i was terrified.
there before my own 2 eyes a mystericall creature appeared right in my tracks.
I couldn't quite figure out what this mystericall beast was.
All I could see was the outline of the beast it was shaped limke a lion but it had wings.
This mystericall beast flew into my face grabbing me on my back I threw my arms and legs
franticly everywhere yelping for help.
this flying lion (thats the name I made for this beast) took me to a deserted place where it was all ice.
It was a bit like antarctica.
In the middleof the icey place there was a huge ugly swamp.
The flying lion took me closer and closeri was horrified.
I saw a glimpe of a baby flying lion OOHH NO!! I thought I was about to die.
I must be their food!!.
The baby flying lion's teeth were really sharp they looked vicious as claws.
Luckily they didnt eat me.
I opened my eyes and PHEW it was just a horrible horrible nightmare.
Abbey Patterson.

This week we wrote camp pre-thoughts as we are going on camp on Tuesday - Friday next week here are some.

Camp pre-thoughts
I think the vegetarian food at Tui Ridge will be nice because they serve nachoes and chips. The one thing I am woried about is abseiling down the rock wall, in case I smash my face against the rock.
The high ropes, abseiling and mountain biking will really test my fitness level.
Jarrod Hall

Teacher's Message
It's nearly the end of term 2 which has been super busy.
Rms 12 and 13 had a wonderful camp at Tui Ridge where we all learnt a lot about ourselves and others.
We've had our class speeches and congratulate Olivia Smits, Kara Sanson and Zac Fretwell who went through to the speech semi-finals!
Heres an even bigger congratulations to Zac who is in the speech finals tonight.
Hamish Inwood won the 'C' block yr 6 speeches followed closely by Aroha Ridley, Shajra Dakin, Bryce Coulter, Mitchell Otten, Rico Luca, Sam Holani and Oliver Richmond.
These yr 6's delivered their speeches again to 'B' block assembly.
We are now onto science fair.

Now we are Room 13. We used to be called Room 11. We had pretty cool pages in 2007, 2006 and 2005 too. Check them out!